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| NPCname = [[Paralympic Committee of India]]<br />
| games = Summer Paralympics<br />
| year = 2008<br />
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| location = [[Beijing]]<br />
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| silver = 0<br />
| bronze = 0<br />
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'''[[India]]''' sent a delegation to compete at the '''[[2008 Summer Paralympics]]''' in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]]. According to official records, five athletes (all male) competed in athletics, powerlifting and shooting. India did not win a medal at these Games.<ref>[http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml "Overall Medal Standings"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928092314/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml |date=September 28, 2008 }}, official website of the 2008 Paralympics</ref><br />
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==Athletics==<br />
{{main|Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics}}<br />
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'''Men'''<br />
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<br />
!rowspan="2"|Class<br />
!rowspan="2"|Event<br />
!colspan="2"|Heats<br />
!colspan="2"|Semifinal<br />
!colspan="3"|Final<br />
|-<br />
!Result<br />
!Rank<br />
!Result<br />
!Rank<br />
!Result<br />
!Points<br />
!Rank<br />
|-<br />
|Markanda Reddy<br />
|align="center"|T46<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|100 m]]<br />
|align="center"|11.92<br />
|align="center"|5<br />
|align="center" colspan="5"|Did not advance<br />
|-<br />
|[[Jagseer Singh]]<br />
|align="center"|T46<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|Long jump]]<br />
|align="center" colspan="4"|N/A<br />
|align="center"|6.40<br />
|align="center"|-<br />
|align="center"|7<br />
|}<br />
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Jagseer Singh improved steadily with each of his attempts, recording a 6.4m leap in his 5th attempt to finish 7th overall in the Long Jump event. Though he finished a fair way back, the distance between him and the winners was eventually barely a few centimeters with David Roos the silver medalist jumping 6.64m and Kangyong Li of China the bronze medalist leaping 6.61m.<sup>[http://www.thesportscampus.com/beijing-news/india-paralympic-games-2008]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</sup> <br />
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== Powerlifting==<br />
{{main|Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics}}<br />
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'''Men'''<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"<br />
|-<br />
!Athlete<br />
!Class<br />
!Event<br />
!Result<br />
!Rank<br />
|-<br />
|[[Farman Basha]]<br />
|align=center|-<br />
|[[Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|-48 kg]]<br />
|align="center"|155.0<br />
|align="center"|4<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[Rajinder Singh Rahelu]]<br />
|rowspan="2" align=center|-<br />
|[[Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|-60 kg]]<br />
|align="center"|170.0<br />
|align="center"|5<br />
|}<br />
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==Shooting==<br />
{{main|Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics}}<br />
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'''Men'''<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<br />
!rowspan="2"|Class<br />
!rowspan="2"|Event<br />
!colspan="2"|Qualification<br />
!colspan="2"|Final<br />
!rowspan="2"|Rank<br />
|-<br />
!Score<br />
!Rank<br />
!Score<br />
!Total<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|Naresh Sharma<br />
|rowspan="2" align=center|SH1<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|Mixed R6-50&nbsp;m free rifle prone]]<br />
|align="center"|587<br />
|align="center"|5 '''Q'''<br />
|align="center"|101.2<br />
|align="center"|688.2<br />
|align="center"|5<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|R7-50&nbsp;m free rifle 3x40]]<br />
|align="center"|1088<br />
|align="center"|26<br />
|align="center" colspan="2"|Did not advance<br />
|align="center"|26<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[India at the Paralympics]]<br />
*[[India at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.paralympic.org International Paralympic Committee]<br />
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[[Category:Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:India at the Paralympics|2008]]<br />
[[Category:2008 in Indian sport|Summer Paralympics]]</div>
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